Kyrgyzstan

October 2005 | Risk Summary

Gunmen have killed an MP in Bishkek who was a leading supporter of the popular uprising in March that led to the overthrow of the previous Soviet-style regime. Bayaman Erkinbayev was a wealthy businessman in the south of Kyrgyzstan where the protests began and had also announced plans to run for president following the coup. The reason for the attack is unclear, with business and politics closely linked in Kyrgyzstan, but whatever the cause, the killing is a sign of the continuing instability in the republic despite the change in

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